I live in an old house and our basement shower drain backed up when the main floor toilet was flushed. My first experience was with a company endorsed by a television celebrity. Perhaps it was the unprepossessing appearance of my house (or of myself), but the rather brusque technician seemed anxious to leave as soon as he arrived. After an extremely cursory inspection he suggested I call another company because it would be “cheaper.” Puzzled and a little offended, I called DrainWorks next.
I would have to say the experience was quite positive. Matt the technician arrived within the scheduled time, diagnosed the problem and carefully outlined my options. He was knowledgeable, respectful and quickly found and removed the blockage – a tree root – from my drain. I appreciate that Matt took the time to answer all my questions and concerns and I learned a lot of interesting things about drains, clogs and pipes during the process. As I understand it, DrainWorks has a force of permanent salaried employees rather than ones working under contract or commission. This probably makes for a less pressurized environment and lessens the temptation to up-sell on the part of the tradesman. In any case, I am pleased that Matt remedied a stressful and unpleasant problem in such a timely and gentlemanly fashion.
~ Customer Review by Paul Werk in Toronto Ontario








5 responses so far ↓
1 Switch Master // May 11, 2012 at 1:36 am
I agree that aside from good service. Plumbers should also be polite and approachable to their client. And that’s what you call total customer service
2 drain problems // May 25, 2012 at 6:59 am
Plumbers should also to quickly and efficiently do their job.
3 Kevin // Jun 6, 2012 at 10:53 am
That is how a plumber should act. Great to hear and I really hope this can set the bar for the surrounding company’s in Ontario.
4 DrainWorks // Jun 7, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Kevin, thanks for the kind words; we certainly strive to maintain a high level of customer service!
5 DrainWorks // Jun 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Agreed. Doing things right the first time, means not having to do them over. Have a great day!
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